DU KHA Unit Question Bank English 2013-14

_________ respect your point of view, I cannot agree.

__________ of his obstinacy, we could not reach any conclusion.

A snake can eat and digest animals much larger than ________.

Academically, Asian students are outperforming their American counterparts on all levels. However, as adults, we are finding ourselves falling short in the area of creativity and the ability to influence others, and the successful people are those who can know to influence others. This is an area that is emphasized in a Western upbringing. In the West, children are taught to question authority by asking why, something which is not encouraged in Asian culture. At the same time, I think the Western emphasis on creativity may have gone too far. On the other hand, in Asia, there is too much emphasis on memorization and drilling. I find that my Asia students in law school have trouble coming up with creative ideas. Ideally, we should take the best from both worlds.

To explain the relationship between upbringing and student performance the writer has

Academically, Asian students are outperforming their American counterparts on all levels. However, as adults, we are finding ourselves falling short in the area of creativity and the ability to influence others, and the successful people are those who can know to influence others. This is an area that is emphasized in a Western upbringing. In the West, children are taught to question authority by asking why, something which is not encouraged in Asian culture. At the same time, I think the Western emphasis on creativity may have gone too far. On the other hand, in Asia, there is too much emphasis on memorization and drilling. I find that my Asia students in law school have trouble coming up with creative ideas. Ideally, we should take the best from both worlds.

The word ‘outperform’ means ________.

Academically, Asian students are outperforming their American counterparts on all levels. However, as adults, we are finding ourselves falling short in the area of creativity and the ability to influence others, and the successful people are those who can know to influence others. This is an area that is emphasized in a Western upbringing. In the West, children are taught to question authority by asking why, something which is not encouraged in Asian culture. At the same time, I think the Western emphasis on creativity may have gone too far. On the other hand, in Asia, there is too much emphasis on memorization and drilling. I find that my Asia students in law school have trouble coming up with creative ideas. Ideally, we should take the best from both worlds.

Which is a criticism of Western upbringing made by the writer?

Academically, Asian students are outperforming their American counterparts on all levels. However, as adults, we are finding ourselves falling short in the area of creativity and the ability to influence others, and the successful people are those who can know to influence others. This is an area that is emphasized in a Western upbringing. In the West, children are taught to question authority by asking why, something which is not encouraged in Asian culture. At the same time, I think the Western emphasis on creativity may have gone too far. On the other hand, in Asia, there is too much emphasis on memorization and drilling. I find that my Asia students in law school have trouble coming up with creative ideas. Ideally, we should take the best from both worlds.

The phrase ‘on the other hand’ is used to signal that the writer will

Academically, Asian students are outperforming their American counterparts on all levels. However, as adults, we are finding ourselves falling short in the area of creativity and the ability to influence others, and the successful people are those who can know to influence others. This is an area that is emphasized in a Western upbringing. In the West, children are taught to question authority by asking why, something which is not encouraged in Asian culture. At the same time, I think the Western emphasis on creativity may have gone too far. On the other hand, in Asia, there is too much emphasis on memorization and drilling. I find that my Asia students in law school have trouble coming up with creative ideas. Ideally, we should take the best from both worlds.

The aim of the writer is to persuade the reader that

An “apple of discord” means

Choose the appropriate translation of “আমি তোমার জায়গায় হলে ঝুঁকিটি নিতাম না।”

Choose the correct spelling.

Choose the mis-matched pair.

From “I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud” we can infer that the poet saw

In “Jerry” the writer says that when she gave Jerry some candy and apples he--

Iron __________ for weapons and tools in the Bronze Age.

My broken ankle is _________ me.

Of the two boys, Latif is ________ intelligent.

She went _______ the big gate _________ the prison _______ the road.

The antonym of ‘assail’ is ___________.

The noun of  ‘predict’ is

The synonym of ‘commemorate’ is ___________.

The woman was _________ someone might recognize her.

The word ‘ingenious’ means _________

They have tried but failed, ________?

You may ____________ culture shock by getting _________ to the new way of life.